A Carrot Is as Close as a Rabbit Gets to a Diamond

~ Release by Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Tracklist

▼ CD 1
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1Sugar Bowl
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Virgin Records Ltd. (not for release label use! for company relationships only) (in 1974)
recording of:
Sugar Bowl
writer:
Andy DiMartino and Don van Vliet
publisher:
EMI Virgin Music Ltd. (do not use this as a release label!) and Virgin Music (Publishing) Ltd.
2:16
2The Past Sure Is Tense
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Virgin Records Ltd. (not for release label use! for company relationships only) (in 1982)
recording of:
The Past Sure is Tense
lyricist and composer:
Don van Vliet
publisher:
BMG Music Publishing Ltd. and Singing Ink Music (in 1982)
3:25
3Happy Love Song
engineer:
Jim Callon and John Guess
producer:
Andy DiMartino
arranger:
Andy DiMartino and Don van Vliet
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Virgin Records Ltd. (not for release label use! for company relationships only) (in 1982, in 2006)
recorded at:
Hollywood Sound Recorders in Los Angeles, California, United States
recording of:
Happy Love Song
writer:
Andy DiMartino and Don van Vliet
publisher:
EMI Virgin Music Ltd. (do not use this as a release label!) and Virgin Music (Publishing) Ltd.
3:55
4The Floppy Boot Stomp
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Virgin Records Ltd. (not for release label use! for company relationships only) (in 1979)
recording of:
The Floppy Boot Stomp
lyricist and composer:
Don van Vliet
publisher:
BMG Music Publishing Ltd. and Singing Ink Music
3:55
5Blue Jeans and Moonbeams
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Virgin Records Ltd. (not for release label use! for company relationships only) (in 1984)
recording of:
Bluejeans and Moonbeams
lyricist and composer:
Don van Vliet
publisher:
EMI Virgin Music Ltd. (do not use this as a release label!)
5:05
6Run Paint Run Run
assistant engineer:
Mitchell Gibson
engineer:
Glen Kolotkin
producer:
Don van Vliet
arranger:
Don van Vliet
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Virgin Records Ltd. (not for release label use! for company relationships only) (in 1980)
recorded at and mixed at:
Sound Castle Recording Studios (former LA location) in Silver Lake, Los Angeles, California, United States
recording of:
Run Paint Run Run
lyricist and composer:
Don van Vliet
publisher:
BMG Music Publishing Ltd. and Singing Ink Music
3:40
7This Is the Day
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Virgin Records Ltd. (not for release label use! for company relationships only) (in 1974)
recording of:
This Is the Day
writer:
Andy DiMartino and Don van Vliet
publisher:
EMI Virgin Music Ltd. (do not use this as a release label!) and Virgin Music (Publishing) Ltd.
4:48
8Tropical Hot Dog Night
recording of:
Tropical Hot Dog Night
lyricist and composer:
Don van Vliet
publisher:
BMG Music Publishing Ltd. and Singing Ink Music
4:49
9Observatory Crest
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Virgin Records Ltd. (not for release label use! for company relationships only) (in 1974)
recording of:
Observatory Crest
lyricist and composer:
Elliot Ingber and Don van Vliet
publisher:
EMI Virgin Music Ltd. (do not use this as a release label!)
3:36
10The Host, the Ghost, the Most Holy O
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Virgin Records Ltd. (not for release label use! for company relationships only) (in 1982)
recording of:
The Host, the Ghost, the Most Holy‐O
writer:
Don van Vliet
publisher:
BMG Music Publishing Ltd. and Singing Ink Music (in 1982)
2:25
11Harry Irene
assistant engineer:
Jeffrey Norman
engineer:
Glen Kolotkin
producer:
Pete Johnson (Producer, Director & Screenwriter) and Don van Vliet
arranger:
Don van Vliet
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Virgin Records Ltd. (not for release label use! for company relationships only) (in 1979)
recorded at:
The Automatt in San Francisco, California, United States
mixed at:
Wally Heider Studios (@ 245 Hyde Street, San Francisco) in San Francisco, California, United States
recording of:
Harry Irene
lyricist and composer:
Don van Vliet
publisher:
BMG Music Publishing Ltd. and Singing Ink Music
3:44
12I Got Love on My Mind
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Virgin Records Ltd. (not for release label use! for company relationships only) (in 1974)
recording of:
I Got Love on My Mind
writer:
Andy DiMartino and Don van Vliet
publisher:
EMI Virgin Music Ltd. (do not use this as a release label!) and Virgin Music (Publishing) Ltd.
3:07
13Pompadour Swamp
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Virgin Records Ltd. (not for release label use! for company relationships only) (in 1974)
recording of:
Pompadour Swamp
lyricist and composer:
Don van Vliet
publisher:
EMI Virgin Music Ltd. (do not use this as a release label!) and Singing Ink Music
3:38
14Love Lies
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Virgin Records Ltd. (not for release label use! for company relationships only) (in 1979)
recording of:
Love Lies
lyricist and composer:
Don van Vliet
publisher:
EMI Virgin Music Ltd. (do not use this as a release label!) and Singing Ink Music
5:01
15Sheriff of Hong Kong
bass and drums (drum set):
John French (Drumbo) (musician (drums/vocal), songwriter, music director)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Virgin Records Ltd. (not for release label use! for company relationships only) (in 1980)
recording of:
Sheriff of Hong Kong
lyricist and composer:
Don van Vliet
publisher:
BMG Music Publishing Ltd. and Singing Ink Music
6:38
16Further Than We've Gone
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Virgin Records Ltd. (not for release label use! for company relationships only) (in 1974)
recording of:
Further Than We've Gone
lyricist and composer:
Don van Vliet
publisher:
EMI Virgin Music Ltd. (do not use this as a release label!)
5:31
17Candle Mambo
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Virgin Records Ltd. (not for release label use! for company relationships only) (in 1979)
recording of:
Candle Mambo
lyricist and composer:
Don van Vliet
publisher:
BMG Music Publishing Ltd. and Singing Ink Music
3:34
18Light Reflected Off the Oceans of the Moon
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Virgin Records Ltd. (not for release label use! for company relationships only) (in 1982)
recording of:
Light Reflected Off the Oceands of the Moon
writer:
Don van Vliet
publisher:
BMG Music Publishing Ltd.
5:03
19A Carrot Is as Close as a Rabbit Gets to a Diamond
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Virgin Records Ltd. (not for release label use! for company relationships only) (in 1980)
recording of:
A Carrot Is as Close as a Rabbit Gets to a Diamond
lyricist and composer:
Don van Vliet
publisher:
BMG Music Publishing Ltd. and Singing Ink Music
1:52

Credits

Release

liner notes:Simon Hopkins (in 1993)
accordion, fretless bass and guitar [bottleneck guitar]:Richard Redus (Guitarist, bassist and accordion player)
bass:Eric Drew Feldman
Ira Ingber
Rockette Morton (Mark Boston)
Bob West (US session bassist, producer & songwriter)
bass clarinet, gong, harmonica, soprano saxophone, lead vocals and whistling:Captain Beefheart
bass guitar and viola:Richard Midnight Hatsize Snyder
drums (drum set):Art Tripp
Cliff R. Martinez (American musician and score composer)
Gene Pello
Robert Arthur Williams (US rock/jazz drummer)
electric piano, grand piano, mellotron, Rhodes piano and synthesizer:Eric Drew Feldman
French horn:Gary Lucas (US guitarist/songwriter)
guitar:Alex Saint Claire
Jeff Moris Tepper
John French (Drumbo) (musician (drums/vocal), songwriter, music director)
Richard Redus (Guitarist, bassist and accordion player)
Dean Smith
Zoot Horn Rollo (Bill Harkleroad)
keyboard:Jimmy Caravan
Mark Gibbons
Mark Marcellino
Micheal Smotherman
marimba:Art Tripp
John French (Drumbo) (musician (drums/vocal), songwriter, music director)
Richard Midnight Hatsize Snyder
percussion:Art Tripp
Robert Arthur Williams (US rock/jazz drummer)
slide guitar:Jeff Moris Tepper
John French (Drumbo) (musician (drums/vocal), songwriter, music director)
Richard Redus (Guitarist, bassist and accordion player)
trombone:Bruce Lambourne Fowler (American trombonist and composer)
washboard [glass washboard]:Cliff R. Martinez (American musician and score composer)
compiler:Simon Hopkins (in 1993)
background vocals:Micheal Smotherman
copyrighted (©) by and phonographic copyright (℗) by:Virgin Records Ltd. (not for release label use! for company relationships only) (in 1993)
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